Behind The Product

About Behind The Product

Behind The Product takes a behind-the-scenes look at how software products are made. From the people who innovate, to the makers who use their craft, each influencing products in different ways. We will put the spotlight on the practices that guide decision-makers to solve some of the toughest challenges and the people who make it happen. For more information visit www.sep.com/podcast.

Publisher

SEP

Category

business · education · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Jul 2020

Latest episode

25 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

14 of 64 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   25 Jun 2026

   Inside SEP: What a Real Data Strategy Looks Like in Software Development

   Host Zac Darnell interviews SEP's Director of Data Jason LaJeunesse and Solution Architect Jason Dossett about building a real data strategy for software development, emphasizing enablement over technology.

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   1 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Unlocking Data Potential: Insights from The Purdue Data Mine

   In this episode, host Zac Darnell and co-host Raman Ohri (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramanohri/) sit down with The Purdue Data Mine's, Executive Director, Mark Daniel Ward (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mdw333/) and COO, Katie Sanders (https://www.linkedin.com/in/katiepechinsanders/). Mark and Katie walk us through how they’ve built a program where students from every major, not just data science, tackle real data problems for industry partners, and why that intentional cross-disciplinary design is exactly the point. We dig into what it means to build a data-ready workforce at scale, how the explosion of AI has reshaped project demand (53 of 92 active projects now involve AI), and what companies actually get out of partnering with The Data Mine. From getting backlogged projects off the shelf to building a recruiting pipeline with early-career talent that’s already been road-tested on their real problems, along with what they're seeing from their industry partners. Takeaways The Data Mine’s model is built on real-world work, not simulated problems; students are solving the same issues that industry partners face today. Cross-disciplinary teams produce stronger outcomes because different majors bring different lenses to the same data problem. Companies engage The Data Mine for two distinct reasons: recruiting pipeline and getting internal projects done. AI has rapidly reshaped project scope, over half of active engagements now include an AI component, up significantly from just a few years ago. Students are early enough in their careers that they aren’t locked into habits, making them unusually open to adopting new tools and approaches. The program is a low-friction entry point to a deeper university research relationship, some engagements evolve into sponsored research agreements. We'd love to hear from you! Reach out to podcast@sep.com (https://app.casted.us/account/62/shows/81b7557b-52e8-4ea3-87b9-a8f2cdaa00e4/episodes/9b8e5049-3269-4d01-a208-ec35aa12083d/podcast@sep.com) to share your feedback on this show. You can find more information about this podcast at sep.com/podcast (https://app.casted.us/account/62/shows/81b7557b-52e8-4ea3-87b9-a8f2cdaa00e4/episodes/93ecce9c-0530-4661-a507-b77e2748f4ee/sep.com/podcast) and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks for listening!

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   27 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Navigating Data Governance: Insights from Rolls-Royce's Karen Hyman

   Host Zac Darnell and co-host Raman Ohri interview Karen Hyman, VP of Data Governance at Rolls-Royce, discussing balancing compliance and innovation in global data governance.

Inside a recent episode

Unlocking Data Potential: Insights from The Purdue Data Mine

Published 1 Apr 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Well, at least the differentiator for us on the academic side of things. As you kind of alluded to as we were walking in, we're working on real world problems. And it's not toy problems or practice problems or getting students ramped up for real world work. The students are actually working on the problems that the companies already have. That's kind of the homework of our business. That necessarily means what the students are learning is just changing all the time and the types of problems that the companies are facing is changing all the time. But even beyond the data, I think another homework of data mine is the students are learning about the domain that they're working in. […]

Who has been a guest on Behind The Product

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• Jason LaJeunesse
• Jason Dossett
• Karen Hyman
• Yana Welinder
• Satya Ganni

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

12 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 48 / 100

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64

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

82

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